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I share my personal experiences on blogging and blogging tips for those who are new like myself. I’ve been on the web in one fashion or the other since 1998. Things have changed drastically since the last time I worked on a website/blog. I’m just an average joe trying to figure all of this out just like you! Join me on my journey on finding out what actually works, and what doesn’t.

Ad Relevance and Effective Ad Implementation

by Herman Soh
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One of the most basic ways of monetizing your efforts on your blog or website would be through the display of ads. The placement of ads have a significant impact on your clickthrough rates and consequently your advertising revenue. Clickthrough rates are also affected by the nature and theme of your website – for e.g. [...]

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Which Social Media Should You Use as a New Blogger?

by Jason Mathes
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{EAV:9105c9697d0cc0ca} This is actually a question I had to ask myself the other day. Don’t get me wrong. I’m getting some steady traffic to the site lately. I have been working on trying to get Twitter followers, posting my articles and participating on Pinterest, and dumping some articles into Stumble Upon when I can remember [...]

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7 Must Have Free Tools for Monitoring Your New Blog

by Jason Mathes
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Stats, Stats, and More Stats I use the following tools and websites to monitor my blogs. I have them not only to troubleshoot issues, to find additional keywords and even sometimes to help drive the direction of my blog when it comes to what I write.  For some of these I just use them as [...]

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5 (Not So) Easy Steps to Increase Blog Traffic

by Jason Mathes
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I’ve been working on a series of articles for the New Blogger. I’ve discussed how to Avoid My Blog Mistakes, Critical Steps for Starting a New (WordPress) Blog, Essential Free Tools,  Must Have WordPress Plugins, and Whether to Design or Theme Your New Blog. Now I bring you the 5 (Not So) Easy Steps to [...]

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avgjoegeek.net Featured on Bloggers.com!

by Jason Mathes
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I woke up this morning and looked at my email. I found out I am listed as a Featured Blogger “Editors Choice” on Blogger! I don’t know the process behind being chosen – but I am floored that I am on the front page of Bloggers! So please excuse my indulgence in sharing this with [...]

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Tips on Whether to Design or Theme Your New WordPress Blog

by Jason Mathes
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I’ve been working on a continuing series on how to setup a new blog for the new blogger. This week I’m going to touch on whether you should create your own design or grab an existing theme for your new blog. So the big question is – OK I have my WordPress page installed, I [...]

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15 Must Have WordPress Plugins for the New Blogger

by Jason Mathes
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This is my Must Have WordPress Plugins that every blogger should have installed on their site.  This is in continuance with my prior WordPress articles: 5 Critical Steps for Starting a New WordPress Blog 11 Essential Free Tools for the New Blogger The idea is you can use these articles for reference for any current [...]

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11 Essential Free Tools for the New Blogger

by Jason Mathes
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I wrote last week 5 Critical Steps for Starting a New WordPress Blog last week. (Btw – thanks to Bryan over at The Hobby Blogger and Sanjan over at Xploring Minds and for their tips!) If you are new to blogging you probably want to know what tools do bloggers use to help them run their [...]

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Get Free Stuff! Reward Your Visitors with PunchTab

by Jason Mathes
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I’ve been researching different ways that I can try and reward people who visit my site. Why? Well they took the time to visit – so why not try and give something back to them for spending a few minutes on here?  This is where PunchTab comes in.

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5 Critical Steps for Starting a New WordPress Blog

by Jason Mathes
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These are my personal 5 critical steps for starting a new WordPress blog. I will be going pretty in-depth so get your pen and paper out and take notes! I’m sharing with you my own experience with blogging and to hopefully avoid the same Blogging Mistakes I’ve made!

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